Plots: x-axis label

[Fadzai Chikwava]

I am trying to plot a trajectory graph and want to label the x-values with actual years e.g. Tick 1 is labelled "0-3". However I am getting an error message. Syntax below:

trajplot, xtitle("Age(years)") xlabel(1 "0-3" 2 "3-6" 3 "6-9" 4 "9-12" 5 "12-15" 6 "15-18" 7 "18-21" 8 "21-29") ytitle("psychotic episodes") ci

ERROR Message below:

invalid label specifier, : 1 0-3 2 3-6 3 6-9 4 9-12 5 12-15 6 15-18 7 18-21 8 21-29:

[Noah Mkasanga]

Fadzai,
Try to label values before plotting your graph and see if it works.

[Nick Cox]

Please explain where you got trajplot as a community-contributed command (FAQ Advice #12).

My guess is that trajplot needs a fix. The xlabel() option should probably be declared as xlabel(str asis) as the quotation marks are being stripped in your call.

You might be best advised to discuss this directly with the program author, who doesn't appear to be active here.

Noah Mkasanga's suggestion is good too, as

xlabel(1/8, valuelabel)

is more likely to work than what you typed.

[Fadzai Chikwava]

Thanks for the advice. Will try both options